E-commerce fuels village reboot in Shanxi

Like their web-savvy urban counterparts, young villagers in the remote Quting township of Hongtong county in North China's Shanxi province, are fond of livestreaming, too. But they're not just doing it for fun.

On Friday morning, two young broadcasters sat in front of a well-lighted table with an array of agricultural products on display, enthusiastically speaking to their phone cameras while sipping locally brewed vinegar from a bowl.

They were livestreaming on short video-sharing platform Kuaishou, from the ecommerce service station of Quting township, promoting and selling local produce to consumers across the country.